Streptaria streptimorpha Cooper 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1959. Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130(5):1-90

Belongs to Streptaria according to G. A. Cooper 1959

Sister taxa: Streptaria arabica, Streptaria debuchii, Streptaria deformis, Streptaria eocomplanata

Type specimen: USNM 549386a. Its type locality is Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo

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